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Gōjū-ryū Japanese for "hard-soft style" is one of the main traditional Okinawan styles of karate, featuring a combination of hard and soft techniques. Both principles, hard and soft, come from the
Aikido is a Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba as a synthesis of his martial studies, philosophy, and religious beliefs. Aikido is often translated as "the Way of unifying life energ
...tury Kodokan Judo/Kosen Judo which was itself then a recently-developed system based on multiple schools of Japanese Jujuts. There are three rules for a good jui jitsu by Eduardo, The rules are to t...
...manner of Hasegawa Eishin. I recommend the book and the interesting interview for all the lovers of the Japanese martial arts. ...
...orical background is in order The way of the sword, Kendo, has its origin embedded in the antiquities of Japanese history. The weapon of survival with is multitudes of styles as perfected by the J...
... Today people use the term Bushido martial arts but these can mean almost any thing that has to do with the Japanese tradition and sometimes even martial arts of other origins. So if you're confus...
...the 'western' boxing gyms I've visited were particularly impressive. So, I've been practicing conventional (Japanese) Jujitsu, as it seems to be the most well-rounded 'traditional' art that's readily ...
...with the techniques and history of Chinese Chin-Na, who can explain the obvious similarities between it and Japanese Jujutsu? Having had a purely superficial exposure to both arts, the similarities st...
Hey everyone. I have been studying a japanese jujitsu style for a couple months now and the most 'practical' part of it seems to be the live sparring we do, both in judo-type throwing randori and grou
... am a MA practitioner who has recently become very curious as to the Chinese origins and influences of many Japanese martial arts. For example, it seems to be common knowledge that Morihei Ueshiba, th...
...w ebook , Kuden , secret oral teachings of a grandmaster History and tradition of different traditional Japanese schools Mega intervieuw with a Japanese grandmaster History and tradition of Japane...
...ed techniques of attack or defense) and taolu (a series of skills and tricks, also know as forms or kata in Japanese); the better ones are neijiaquan (such as Taiji, Bagua and Xingyi, etc, I point the...
... in Korea and has been there for thousands of years according to Korean history. But recently, I heard from Japanese sources that Tae Kwon Do was just an altered version of Karate during the Japanese ...
two quick questions: Was jujitsu the first 'mixed-martial' art? In other words, for its time and in its environment, it seems to have all of the classic elements of what we would now call MMA, with
Hi, I am a teacher making an education web site about Japan. Among the many types of information there I want to include martial arts. If you have any information, interesting links, facts, anecdo
The e-budo.com is a popular forum but only concentrates on Japanese arts. The budoseek.net also has Chinese art forums but is not that popular. Is there a good and popular www-forum for a student of C
...ills as the apex of knifemakers art? For that matter; why don't stock removal guys do fullers- grooves. The Japanese scrape them out- it's stock removal. There are certainly all the shaped stones a gu...
... Taiwan instead of Japan. I also have a Ti-Lite from Cold Steel and the workmanship is excellent, up to the Japanese standards if not better. This knife is not as well finished, but it is stout, highl...
When Gichock raised the point about Japanese score higher than the rest in IQ I am thinking why didn't they initiated modern gun powder based weapons, nuclear weapons, the science of electronics...
I have read that the martial art of judo traces it's origin to the martial art of jujitsu,invented by the Japanese samurai.Judo has been a compulsory subject in Japanese schools since the early 1900's
...eption' was performed so many times during World War II by both Allied and Axis forces, particularly by the Japanese, the Russians, the Germans, and the Americans, that it hardly bears to be called an...
...ernational Karate do Goju kai Association ). The site has a lot of information in both English and Dutch on Japanese Goju-ryu Karate-do, the style founded by Gogen Yamaguchi Kaiso and led by his son G...
I was surprised the other day when a elderly acquaintance produced a Japanese samurai sword and asked me if I could find out how much it was worth. He said he took it off the body of a Japanese pilot
A Usuba is probably the sharpest knife on earth. However, if you are planning to use it like a cleaver to chop through any bone, you will destroy it. The thin edge geometry and ultra-hard brittle stee
...eight Judo final in Olympic? Everyone in Japan are in rage due to the most unfair judgement in history. Japanese fighter has clear advantage against Franch yet for no reason the Gold medal goes to...
Is this martial art legit - everyone knows my suspicion of Korean martial arts surviving Japanese occupation, but it seems someone is teaching Subak. Or is this Pa Kua dressed up as Subak? Check i
...publisher would have touched it with a ten foot pole. I threw out mine years ago. The author couldn't speak Japanese but still tried to write a dictionary about it. The entire idea was hopelessly flaw...
...or the ugly industrial look of a Benchmade Ascent, this handle is a simple square slab that reminds me of a Japanese gardening or kitchen knife. Yet, it is made of modern, highly functional Zytel, wit...
...ith an aggressive cutting edge. Since I also make a lot of nori-maki and the like, I have been looking into japanese knives and was planning on getting a yanagiba sushimi knife, until I read wcollins'...
... 23-25 lbs on a two inch draw cut. Using it in the kitchen on some vegetables it was not as smooth as the Japanese utility knife I commented on awhile back, but it required less force than the Henck...
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